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earfl is like Twitter for phone calls. Instead of sending in an SMS update, you can just dial a number and say a little something. The recording will be linked to your account on the Web, and can then be shared with family and friends. Attach an imag...

When Meebo’s developer platform expanded back in January to include its Meebo Rooms feature, we noted that it would enable existing communities to integrate chat in such a way that their existing users could create and participate without needing to ...

Several months have passed since we gave the social gaming developer Bunchball a headline. Now we’re hearing from The Deal of its recent capture of $4 million in investments from return funders Granite Ventures and Adobe Ventures. Over the last two y...

San Francisco-based social network Piczo will announce the launch on Tuesday of Piczo Insiders, a focus group of influential users who will advise brands on how to leverage the site. Certain marketing campaigns on the site will be passed to the Insid...

Fliptrack, the site that lets you create musical slideshows and videos, has partnered with APM Music, which is the joint venture of EMI and BMG music publishing. The partnership with APM music will greatly increase the number of songs available in Fl...

Starnum is a recently launched service that brings new light to an affiliate ad program, giving users more control. As a Starnum user, you can choose from over 4 million products they have in their online catalog and either buy it for yourself, or re...

LinkMyBox is another social networking profile aggregator that has launched today. With LinkMyBox, you can add the URLs for all of your social networking profiles, include your basic contact information, build up your reputation, and indicate where y...

MyDataBus, an online storage and management system for your photos, videos and documents, is announcing their SnipShot API integration today. With the SnipShot API, MyDataBus users can now edit their uploaded photos online. MyDataBus makes it easier ...

ProfileFly has just launched another social networking aggregator page that has a decent concept, but poor execution. Ever since we've had more than one option for social networks, there have been sites aiming to provide a one-stop shop for keeping t...

Fliptrack, which launches on Wednesday, is an online service that lets you put pictures to your music. Instead of laying music over you image slideshow, you choose your song first with Fliptrack, and the images you add will be timed with the song's b...

Zoolit launches their beta site today, offering users a simplistic approach to giving the world access to all of our social networking profiles. Zoolit shares very little information about yourself, other than the basics: name, location, contact info...

We just got word from Piczo that they're set to announce an ad deal with Microsoft on Monday. However, this isn't a Facebook-type deal, or one that will be considered a consolation prize as Google sneaks away with ad deals for MySpace and Friendster ...

Piczo told me to hold this one back, but since it's already out there, we might as well go ahead and mention that the social networking site has raised $11 million in a round led by US Venture Partners and Mangrove Capital, with Sierra Ventures and C...

Piczo has always tried to be a more private social network designed for connecting with those you already know - it's like Multiply for teen users who want to build their first website (particularly teen girls). But that causes a problem: unless you ...

Piczo, the massively successful social network that allows you to create your own modular website, announced today that they've hired Chris Seth as their first Managing Director for the UK. The move is part of an expansion into Europe, and also an ac...

Wallop, the social network that began as a Microsoft Research project before being spun off as an independent business, launched officially today - however, you still need an invite to gain access. The San Francisco-based company has taken $13 millio...

MeeVee, the Internet TV startup based in Burlingame, is launching a new set of features today. The first is a "My Interests" module that appears down the left hand side of the page - this gives you quick access to your favorites, and MeeVee can also ...

ComScore just released their latest stats for user-generated content sites in the UK market, and things are looking good for social networks. The top 5 UGC sites are Wikipedia, MySpace, Piczo, YouTube and Bebo - a fairly predictable lineup. Wikipedia...

Flickr is now the UK's number 1 photography site, with the biggest gains being soft porn searches, reports Hitwise. In the week to 17th June 2006, Flickr moved to the top spot for market share of UK visits, above Photobucket, Webshots and ImageShack....

ProjectOpus, the music community I reviewed back in April, is releasing a new music player for MySpace, Piczo, Xanga, Windows Live Spaces and other networks. In fact, there are two: a single track player ("the solo") to post an individual track to yo...

If there's one thing that MySpace users don't need, it's yet another slideshow widget. But newcomer Kindfish is different: the service lets you create a channel, then permit your friends to submit photos and videos to it. Each channel has a unique em...

Odeo, the podcast directory, released another new feature this week aimed squarely at the MySpace demographic. The Starred Audio Player is a customizable MP3 player that puts your favorite Odeo podcasts on MySpace, Xanga, Tagworld, Friendster, Multip...

Favorite Thingz, which launches today, is a new service from Sprout Commerce, the makers of MyPickList. It's like a really lightweight version of their original product, but more focused on plugging in to social networks - think of it as the RockYou ...

FotoDUNK, which has been on and off my radar for the last few months, is a lightweight tool for putting cellphone photos and slideshows on MySpace, Bebo, hi5, Xanga and Friendster (yeah, that list is getting repetitive). As part of some fairly standa...

California-based We Love Widgets is another new service that's plugging in to MySpace. Their first offering is a horoscope widget that updates itself with content from theAstrologer.com. They've done a good job: it's nicely designed and you don't eve...

Meebo, the massively popular web-based IM service, has launched an impressive new product today. MeeboMe allows you to put a Flash-powered IM widget on blogs, websites and social networks like MySpace, Tagworld and Multiply. Meebo, you might remember...

Mercora, the peer-to-peer music sharing service that works over IM, has released a musical slideshow widget for MySpace, Piczo, hi5, Friendster, Windows Live Spaces and blogs. The Mercora MusicMatrix lets you display 9 of your favorite artists on you...

SingShot, which launched today, is a karaoke community based on the successful YouTube model. Users record themselves singing along to a track, then post the recording to the site. Other members can rate these attempts, leave comments, add renditions...

Bad news for social networks: the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) was approved by a 410 to 15 vote in the US House of Representatives last night. The resolution, which isn't yet law, would require US schools and libraries to block social network...

I'm getting multiple reports in the comments (30 so far) that MySpace is "deleting" user accounts today - users visiting their pages see this message: Invalid Friend ID. This user has either cancelled their membership, or their account has been delet...

Bebo, the biggest social network in the UK and one of the largest in the world, has just launched Bebo Bands. Bebo claims they've signed up more than 25,000 groups and artists for the new section, and bands can upload an unlimited number of tracks - ...

Seattle-based Snapvine isn't much to look at, but somehow they've just scored $2 million in venture funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and First Round Capital. Other investors include Russell Siegelman, a former Microsoft executive. The site, which...

Palo Alto-based SayNow is a neat little tool that's feeding the MySpace beast. Musicians drop a widget or link into their MySpace page that allows fans to leave a voice message. But this is also a marketing tool for the musician: users who leave a sh...

Another photo service gets funded: San Francisco-based Piczo, which launched in 2004, has raised nearly $4m from Sierra Ventures and Catamount Ventures. The site has been a massive hit with teens and about 50% of the users are girls under 18. Piczo's...

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